Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-16
SHERIEFS PROCLAMATION.
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KAHgAS

FOR SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KANSAS.
To ute Voters Of Medicine Lodge Toson-
ship:
WHEREAS, on the 18th day of January. A.
w d.. lSS7. the Board OF County Commits
sioners OF Barber county, state of Kansas, be-
ing convened in Special Session. in the Office
of the county clerk OF sail county. AT the city
OF Medicine Lodge, the county-seat Of said
county. pursuant To the statutes I'm such case
IN tide and provided, did make and enter on
record tae following order, to-wit:
Whereas. a petition, signe by L. NJ. Axline
and two hundred and thirty-thrce ct crs, be-
ing more than two-fifths of the resident tax
payers Of Medicine Lodge township, Barber
county. state of Kansas. was, on this 18th day
OF January, a. d., 1881, presented To the Board
of County Commissioners of said county. there
being present W. W. Cook. Chairman Of said
Board. and john NcGrath and J. ID. Fleming,
members thereof, and X. J. Taliaferro, county
clerk Of said county, and ex-ofiicio clerk of
said Board which said petition. with the sigma
lures thereto omitted, is in the words and fig
ures following, to-Nit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To the Honorable Board Of County Com
niiSSiOnerS of Tie County Of Barber, IN
The State Of Kansas:
The undersigned, being more than two-fifths
OF the resident taxpayers of Medicine Lodge
township. of the county of BarDet. i'm the state
Of Kansas. respectfully pray your honorable
body TO submit To the qualified electors of said
township n proposition to subscribe Thirty
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock Of the
Kansas and Panhandle Railroad Company, n
corporation created and existing uader and by
virtue uf the laws OF the state OF Kansas, which
proposes To- construct a line OF railroad into
and through said township. And that in pay
ment for said subscription oft said stock, bonds
of said township shall bc Issued in sums of One
Thousand Dollars each, payable in Thirty
Years from date Of issue, with interest payable
semi-annually, at the rate Of six per cent. per
annum. on the first dizzy of January and the
first day of July OF each AMI every year, until
said principal shall become due: and said bonds
shall have attached thereto, scIniannual in
terest coup ous: and the said bonds both rim
cipal and INTEREST," shall he payable ut the fiscal
agency of the state of Kansas. in the city of
New York. ia the state OF New YORK.
And the conditions ON which said subscrip-
tion to the capital stock shall be made. are,
that the said railroad company shall construct
and operate and maintain said railroad of IL
standard gnugc. from some point on the north
or east side of sud township. and running
thence through said t.wnship, and have the
same in operation on or before the 3lst day of
December, A. D., 1857; and erect and maintain
n depot and station in said township. as fol
lows, to-wit: Within three-fOlrths ga of a
mile OF the crossing OF Ma II street ana Kansas
avenue, in the ,ity OF Medicine Lodge.
And we further pray that you order Special
election, To- be held in said township. in pur-
suuncc of chapter l0T OF the laws of 1876, and
the acts OF the legislature of the state of Kan
sas, amendatory thereof, TO vote upon the
question of subscribing for said stock, a. afOre-
said And the form of the ballots to Toe used
at such election, aud for such proposition. be:
For Subscription To- Stock of the Kansas
and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And those against such proposition to be:
against Suisse iption TO Stock of the Kan
sas and Panhandle Railroad Company
And whereas, said Board of County Commits
sioners have examined said petition, and IL
having been shown to the satisfaction of said
Board that sale petition has been signed by
more than two-fifths of the resident tuX-pay-
crs i'm said township, and il In the for n pre-
scribed by law, and Is in all respects regular
and legal, and said Board so finds and dc
clarCS.
Now, therefore. pursuant TO the prayer OF
said petition, and tho statutes in such case
made and provided, il is hereby ordered by the
Board of County Commissioners, of said coun-
| ty, That a special election be held at the US
ua voting place in said Township ON
MONDAY, THE 2lsT DAY OF FEBRU AIRY, 1885,.
at which said election the proposition set forth
| in the hereinbefOre recited petition-which pc
| titiOn, with the signatures thereto omitted, il
hereby made part of this ordcr-shall he sub
mitted to the legally qualified voters of said
/ township, for their decision by ballot.
And IL Is further ordered hY said Board OF
/ County Commissioners that the sheriff of said
county. make due proclamation to the voters
/ of said township, of the holding of said elec
ton at the time and place aforesaid, 10y pub
/ IL hing the same for 80 days or more next pre-
! ccdirg the day of holding said election, il
| some newspaper, publishedin said county, and
having a general Gil CiIlatiOn in said township
/ and that IN said proclamation, said sheriff set
/ forth tho above and foregoing order, and re-
I CHE Shlu petltlOn IncTtln.
! In witness whereof, we, the undersigned
! chairman and members Of the Board of Coun
/ ~ Commissioners, of thc County of Barber
| state of Kansas. have hercunto, set our hand:
! as chairman and members aforesaid, at the
/ county seat Of said county, this 18th day OF
January, y. ID. 1887.
W. W. Cook, Chairman,
john MCGRATH, Commissioner,
J. ID. FLEMING, Commissioner.
As attest, my signature and seal of said Bar
Der County, hereto affixed this 18th day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1887.
(sEALl. ROBERT j. TAIIAFERRo,
County Clerk OF Barter County, State of Kan
/ sas.
Now therefore. l. Charles ID. Nelson. sheriff
| of Barberc onntv. Kansas, under and bY Vir
tue of the fore going order OF the Board q
! County Com missiOncrs, of said county, anC
| the authority i'm me vested by law as sucl
| Sheriff, do, thereby, proclaim and make known
| that there will Ice held. n special election OF
/ the qualified voters OF Medicine Lodge town
| ship, i'll said county, at the usual Vot
ing place In said township on
| MONDAY, THE 2isT DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887
upon the proposition as set forth, I'm the sai,
order of said Board of County Commissioners
of said Barber county, Kansas, and in thu
manner ana form as therein set fOrth and tina
said election will be held. the retuEns made
and the result aScertained in the sau1e manne
| as is provided 10y law for general elections.
Done nj my Office. i'm the Citygof Medicine
Lodge, in said county OF Barber, this 18th, da!
of January, A. ID. 1897.
CHARLES ID. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber County,
! BY WM. LINDSEY.
| Under Sheriff